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Zhillustrator
@zhillustrator.com
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Independent artist from Serbia 🇷🇸, he/him. Painting dreamy, colorful landscapes from imaginary places you maybe want to live in.
Tags: #art #artwork #print #prints

Currently recovering from surgeries.

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Zhillustrator @zhillustrator.com · Jan 15
First post! Name's Živko, (he/him), I'm a small artist from Serbia, mostly working on original art. I love to combine color, whimsy, dreaminess, SF elements, bring it together into a scene you might like to visit.
#Art #DigitalArt #introduction

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Bloodmoon Break, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A young woman is relaxing on top of her modified car with tracks, with a large blood moon in moody dark red background. Dreaming Above the Wreckage in Srem, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A kid is sleeping by a hay bale on a beautiful sunny day, two hovering kittens are playing around him, huge clouds in the background, among which a wreckage is hidden. The Long Exposure, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. A photographer is taking a photo of a mysterious sea cloud, waves and clouds are everywhere. A Tale with a Twist, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. Many pigs are hovering uncontrollably, a kitten is riding a tractor, mysterious sci-fi tower lies among the clouds in the background.
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In these times, I hope my art helps you calm your mind a bit by transporting you into nicer worlds.

"A Harvest of Clouds" is available for you or someone you love, sizes A5-A0!

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A Harvest of Clouds, fine giclée print by Zhillustrator - Zhillustrator's Ko-fi Shop
Semiglossy Paper, Matte paper or Canvas giclée prints of A Harvest of Clouds, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. Sizes: Prints offered on this prod...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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"Her dream was to pilot a Mistwalker one day. It went as smooth as she imagined it then, going 'woosh-woosh', holding Dad's old model in her tiny hands.
'Woosh, old man', she said, beaming."

🖼️"A Harvest of Clouds"
#art.

Prints: ko-fi.com/s/188cce8b39
Hi-res: www.patreon.com/collection/3...
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Some A5 and A4 premium matte #prints from my provider finally arrived, after being stuck in customs for a time, here in Serbia. Made my day. They're amazing and I will sign them now.

Order some in my shop's #print section: ko-fi.com/zhillustrato...
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May 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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An A4 Premium Matte #print of "The Queen of Flowers", on beautiful Hahnemühle German Etching paper. It's pretty af, to use scientific language. The best mockup is the real thing, and it's even prettier IRL.

Get yourself a cute piggo print and help your favorite Zhilly out:
ko-fi.com/s/6a665d6207
a photo of me holding an A4 matte #print of The Queen of Flowers, which rests on a round balancing chair with a cool woven cover over it. an angled photo of the print showing some details and a bit of paper texture. a closeup photo of the print, with the paper texture clearly visible. it shows the large pig. a top down photo of a bunch of A4 prints with the print of The Queen of Flowers being the top one. they are on a cardboard envelope they arrived in.
June 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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My cover artwork spread for "The Last 0-Day", a debut sf novel by author B.R. Russell. My debut cover, too.

Note: I didn't design covers for the rest of the trilogy ahem ai ahem. Maybe for some future edition.
#art
A digital painting for a book cover. It shows a large, dark, stormy cloud approaching a two-level dystopian sci-fi settlement in a bleak setting.
October 30, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Get your giclée #print of Bloodmoon Break in my Ko-Fi shop!
ko-fi.com/s/59bef82d46

This image sold the most on the last events I tabled at last year. I hope it will get a bit of your attention too. For custom sizes, canvas prints and other materials - talk to me with your human words.
Kofi shop thumbnail for Bloodmoon Break, a print of the digital painting by Zhillustrator. A mockup of the print for Bloodmoon Break, a digital painting by Zhillustrator, showing one print with painterly white edges with a blurred version in the background.
April 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Will of the Winds
Personal #artwork, one of my favorites. It's bright, dynamic, alive.

Prints on demand, talk to me at www.zhillustrator.com/contact for sizes and materials.

Hi-res available at www.patreon.com/zhillustrator
#art #artsky #digitalpainting
Will of the Winds, a digital painting by Zhillustrator A view of a windy, undular, fantastical meadow with enormous clouds in the back. Cloud chimneys emit steam and clouds, and a big spaceship hovers over the landscape in the distance. A cat is floating in the foreground. Details of cloud chimneys in the back Details of the ship and cloud chimneys in the back Details of the grass in the foreground.
February 1, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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A #print of "The Transmitter Station" tends to calm down the surface it decorates.

You can give your space(or someone else's) some chill by getting one at ko-fi.com/s/b1880cf284
A shop thumbnail for the print of The Transmitter Station, a digital painting by Zhillustrator, available im A5-A0. A framed version of the print is displayed mid-image, with the name in a box below, and formats in a smaller box top right. A larger version of the painting is behind, zoomed in. A paper print mockup for the print of The Transmitter Station. A painterly white frame surrounds the horizontal image and there's a blurred version of the painting behind. A framed wall mounted print mockup for The Transmitter Station. The picture has a modern thin black frame and there's no matte. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows. A framed wall-mounted print mockup for The Transmitter Station, a version with a thick white matte. The picture has a modern thin black frame, too. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows.
September 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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🖼️ The Transmitter Station
Throwback to a personal #art piece from way back. I still like the gray palette, though.

Prints: ko-fi.com/s/b1880cf284

I made a 4k Art & Wallpaper pack for my Patrons, too: www.patreon.com/posts/139417...
Transmitter Station, a digital painting by Zhillustrator. Utilitarian and brutalist structures are nestled in a mountain pass under snow. There's a TV tower among them, which is a home to someone. There is a little dog walking on a path to the tower, and a snowman by the road.
September 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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An improv demo page for some of my new WIP #Procreate brushes from the pencil/graphite subset. Need to make more of these pages, I really enjoy letting loose with my little “Rampage!” side-project.

You can try or buy the current brushes and more at www.ko-fi.com/zhillustrato....
A colorful expressive pencil sketch of a lot of rampaging cars in yellow and red orange. It’s showing some new pencil and graphite procreate brushes that I’m making.
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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It's still going on. @procreate.com, hi, can you please fix this in an update soon? Put the drawing pad back on the right, this doesn't make sense. I've accidentally messed up pressure curves and sliders in the Apple Pencil section by trying to navigate down to Tilt settings a million times now.
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There's been some UI changes in Procreate it seems. Added some dumb rounded edges that mess with the interface on small devices usually. Here's how my Brush Studio looks now on the iPad Mini 6. Unusable!I can't access most options without scrolling down. Drawing Pad is weird, sliders are longass.
A screenshot of Brush Studio in Procreate on an iPad Mini.
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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It's still going on. @procreate.com, hi, can you please fix this in an update soon? Put the drawing pad back on the right, this doesn't make sense. I've accidentally messed up pressure curves and sliders in the Apple Pencil section by trying to navigate down to Tilt settings a million times now.
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There's been some UI changes in Procreate it seems. Added some dumb rounded edges that mess with the interface on small devices usually. Here's how my Brush Studio looks now on the iPad Mini 6. Unusable!I can't access most options without scrolling down. Drawing Pad is weird, sliders are longass.
A screenshot of Brush Studio in Procreate on an iPad Mini.
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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There's been some UI changes in Procreate it seems. Added some dumb rounded edges that mess with the interface on small devices usually. Here's how my Brush Studio looks now on the iPad Mini 6. Unusable!I can't access most options without scrolling down. Drawing Pad is weird, sliders are longass.
A screenshot of Brush Studio in Procreate on an iPad Mini.
October 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Testing new mega-tasty brushes for my #Procreate collection in the ceaseless quest to get better at this and have hella fun.

These interact amazingly, especially the "Grungificator" that makes lovely happy accidents using existing paint on the layer, while retaining functionality of a brush.
a digital ink scribble page in Procreate, with the interface hidden. it's showcasing my latest ink brushes. details from the page, showing smaller strokes with a watery ink brush a detail of the page, showing the letters Awesome New Brushes another detail of the page, showing how well the brushes interact
October 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I'm trying #Affinity out for painting, a quick first impression: Takes patience to arrange tools, shortcuts and interface panels(that feel outdated, tbh). The brush engine is basic af but has parameter curves, I easily made a brush like my Rough Expressive. The Paint Mixer Brush is quite cool.
A screenshot of Affinity with a doodle page made with a painterly brush.
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I'm trying #Affinity out for painting, a quick first impression: Takes patience to arrange tools, shortcuts and interface panels(that feel outdated, tbh). The brush engine is basic af but has parameter curves, I easily made a brush like my Rough Expressive. The Paint Mixer Brush is quite cool.
A screenshot of Affinity with a doodle page made with a painterly brush.
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The new free-forever, all-in-one, no-sub Affinity app hit me out of nowhere and I was not prepared. Finally, someone doing the right thing. Suck it Adobe. While we're there - suck it Capture One too, I will never forgive you for removing the free Express version of your awesome software.
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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"The Powerplant" is my most sold #print at cons and online. It's been an honor to send it off, in all sizes, to many new homes, for 10 years now. I hope you will want one, too, or just share, to help get me through tough times.

Available in A5-A0 at ko-fi.com/s/c2d60a42b9, DM for larger/altered.
A shop thumbnail for the print of The Powerplant, a digital painting by Zhillustrator, available im A5-A0. A framed version of the print is displayed mid-image, with the name in a box below, and formats in a smaller box top right. A larger version of the painting is behind, zoomed in. A paper print mockup for the print of The Powerplant. A painterly white frame surrounds the horizontal image and there's a blurred version of the painting behind. A framed wall mounted print mockup for The Powerplant. The picture has a modern thin black frame and there's no matte. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows. A framed wall-mounted print mockup for The Powerplant, a version with a thick white matte. The picture has a modern thin black frame, too. It's mounted on a white wall with soft warm shadows.
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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New watercolor #Procreate brushes for the upcoming update, a mix of dry and wet that really works well together(said the maker) and with the existing layer content. I make pages and pages like this. 😅

The updates will drop on Patreon in a crazy way I am planning so yeah: patreon.com/zhillustrator
a Procreate screenshot with some watercolor brush tests in pink, red, yellow and black
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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A beautiful Premium Matte A4 #print of "Dreaming Above the Wreckage in Srem" on German Etching paper. This fine, juicy specimen found its new home in the UK.

Order one for yourself and support your local Zhillustrator.

Available in sizes A5-A0 at: ko-fi.com/s/303f3c80b4
me holding up a matte A4 print of a painting in my hand. it sits on a round balancing chair with a cool woven pattern an angled photo of the print. a detail photo of a cloudy section of the print, it shows the texture of the paper.
June 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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#Prints of "On the Morning Watch" are available on smooth Lustre paper(Semiglossy option) and Hahnemühle German Etching matte paper(Premium Matte option) over in my Ko-fi shop:
ko-fi.com/s/428a68766c
September 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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11/10 print, can absolutely recommend getting one! 😁🖤
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The Quack of Dawn, your fav so far here on Bluesky, is now available as a #print on Ko-Fi.

Get yourself one at ko-fi.com/s/32f576b921

Buying a print supports my fight for health and a successful recovery, sharing is also appreciated. More prints coming soon, follow me on Ko-Fi.
Print thumbnail for The Quack of Dawn A mockup of the print of The Quack of Dawn, print displayed over blurred out background with the same image.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The Quack of Dawn, your fav so far here on Bluesky, is now available as a #print on Ko-Fi.

Get yourself one at ko-fi.com/s/32f576b921

Buying a print supports my fight for health and a successful recovery, sharing is also appreciated. More prints coming soon, follow me on Ko-Fi.
Print thumbnail for The Quack of Dawn A mockup of the print of The Quack of Dawn, print displayed over blurred out background with the same image.
April 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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I feel that this would be an amazing thing in the long run. A completely new modular model of sales, that's less stressful and less business-like for me and affordable to many more people, driving a community.

I will keep you posted. Feel free to give me some suggestions, too.
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This way, everyone will be able to buy a brush or two they like from my Patreon shop instead of buying the entire set that costs a lot. Patrons would get shop discounts or free brushes depending on Tier, and it would be super flexible to rearrange and up-sell.

Should I make video demos too? Wdyt?
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM